Clothes-boiler.



M BL U IVI Patented July 31, 1917.

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atented July 3l, 1917.

Application led. February 10, 1917. Serial No. 147,751.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that MARTIN BLUM, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and ltate ot' Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Clothes-Boilers, ot' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothes boilers.

rl`he primary object or' the invention is the provision of a clothes boiler provided with z'. sudsing arrangement whereby the boiling ol' the sudsing uid exerts a sudsing eil'ect upon the Contents of the device.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a sudsing insert for clothes boilers comprising a member, that may be easily and cheaply manufactured, readily positionable within a receptacle whereby the boiling fluid is caused to rise and be ejected upon the contents of the boiler.

ln the drawingsv forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to Corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a central longitudinal seetional view through the device, a portion of the insert member thereof being shown in side elevation, l

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one-half of the saine. with the cover removed, and

Figy 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through a portion of the insert member.

The device is designed for assisting in the boiling and cleansing of clothes and similar articles, the articles being positioned within a receptacle or boiler 10 provided with a cover or lid.y 1 1 of the usual construction,

the insert member l2 being arranged therein seated upon the bottom 13 of the boiler.

The insert member 1Q consists of an-inverted pan-shaped base 14 having a foi-aminous upper side 15 supported by an ellipt1- 'cal flange member lli seated upon .the bottom 13, it being evident that any iiuid within the boiler l0 will enter the base through the perfor-ations 17 in the top l5 thereof` while the'elothes or articles within the boiler' will be positioned upon said top plate 15 of the base.

Tubular posts or goose-necks 18 are arranged upon the opposite ends of the plate l5 communicating with the interior ot' the base 14, the said posts being rectangular in eross-seetion and tapering toward their free ends which are arranged with inwardly projecting hooks 19 provided with open mouths or nozzles Q0 at the ends thereof.

Alternately arranged upwardly inclined baille plates ill are provided within the posts 18, and it will be understood that the fluid within the boiler l() upon being boiled within the base le, will rise in the posts 18, andthe steam and water will be ejected from the nozzles 9.0 downwardly upon the articles and fluid which are positioned upon theV base lll. The steam and boiling iuid passing upwardly through the posts 18 engage the baliles 2l, which cause the fluid passing therethrough to take a tortuous course, while the engagement of the liquid with the bullies assists in effectively mixing and sudsing the fluid prior to its ejection from the nozzles 20.

Handles 22 are provided upon the ends of the boiler 10, while a handle 23 is arranged .upon the cover 1l, a serviceable clothes boiler is arranged in which the insert ortion 12 may be readily removed while the same may be employed with dierent receptacles or boilers of the general form o the boiler lO herein illustrated, the action of the insert being to assist in the vmixing of the cleansing iuid and the consequent sudsing thereof as well as the' projection of the same under pressure upon the articles to be cleaned.

What I claim as new is: A clothes-boiler having arranged therein an open-bottomed receptacle, with a foraminous top, said top having openings therethrough at its ends, imperforate upright tubular members with their upper ends turned inwardly and downwardly, said tubular members communicating, wlth the openings in the foraminous top, and having arrangedv therein in staggered relation inwardly and upwardly inclined delleetors to retard the outward'iow of the luid through said tubular members.

In testimony whereof l alix my signature.

^ MARTIN BLUM. 

